I was the King of Great Britain who angered the colonists by sending troops and taxing them. I am blamed for their problems in the Declaration of Independence.
Who was King George III?
100
Tax that led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act?
100
The first battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
The city where the Second Continental Congress met.
What is Philadelphia?
100
I was the leader and founder of the Boston Sons of Liberty.
Who was Sam Adams?
200
Placed a tax on all legal and commercial documents like wills, playing cards, and newspapers; it led to riots and protests by groups like the Sons of Liberty.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
First tax that directly affected the colonists, meaning every colonists would have to pay it.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
Colonists dressed like Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
200
A formal written request to authority, usually with signatures by people
What is a petition?
200
I was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
300
The very first direct law that was passed by Parliament which the colonists hated because it said they could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
Term that means you have a complaint with something. There were 27 of these in the Declaration of Independence, all directed at the king.
What is a grievance?
300
What the colonists called the riot on King St. where 5 colonists were killed by a group of British soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
300
A colonist who supported the rebels and independence.
What is a patriot?
300
I wrote "Common Sense", which convinced many colonists it was a good thing to break from Britain.
Who was Thomas Paine?
400
Nickname given to the laws that closed the port of Boston after the Boston Tea Party and only allowed one town meeting a year.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
400
Riots, burning stamp paper, tarring and feathering tax collectors.
How did the colonists protest laws and taxes?
400
July 4, 1776
What is the date we adopted the Declaration of Independence?
400
These are the rights that cannot be taken away according to the Declaration of Independence. They are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are unalienable rights?
400
I was Commander and Chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
500
Because of the war debt, the colonists should help pay it off.
What is reason Britian's government raised taxes?
500
The colonists motto after 1765 which argued against Parliament passing taxes and lawss?
What is "taxation without representation is tyranny?
500
Refusing to buy good which hurt the amount of money the British made off trading.
What are boycotts?
500
This is used to convince people that your opinion is the correct opinion, usually by twisting facts. The poster about the Boston Massacre is an example of it.
What is propaganda?
500
I defended the British officers in the Boston Massacre to make sure Boston was ruled by law. I was also a delegate at both Continental Congresses.